Cleat for base-ball shoes.



Ti F. MQGARTHY.

GLEAT POE BASE BALL SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED APILB, 1912.

'. 1,034,476. Patnted Aug. 6,1912.

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Ion. Bass-Benn axons.

Specification of Letters l atoiit; Application filed 417 2- 551131 V To all it'ma'y concern:

Be it known that -I, THOMAS F. Mc- CABTHY, a citizen of the United States, 'residing at 603 Washington street, in the'cityof Boston, county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful. Improvement in Cleats for Base- Bal1 Shoes, of which the following is'a specification. r

The present inventionjrelates to antisllptoms of boots and shoesto p revent slipping of the ,Wearer, and moreparticularly to a cleat for attachment to the'bottom of a baseball shoe.

Heretofore cleats for baseball shoes 'have taken the form of a triangular frame-plate having a rectangular projection at each corner so sharpened as to penetrate the ground.

The plate is secured to the bottom of the shoe so that one projection is arranged at right angles to the median line of the shoe and the other two projections are oppositely disposed at equal acute angles to the median line. Such cleats prevent the baseball player slipping in the direction of the length of the shoe, but it is found that they dov not effectively prevent slipping of the player in the direction of the width ofjthe shoe. As a baseball player must make'q'uick starts 'to the'right or left to gather in bat-" ted balls, gain top speed after batting a ball, and reach bases, the tendency of the player to slip in the direction of the width of the shoe seriously aflects the players speed in completing plays.

The object of. the present invention is to produce a cleat for attachment to the bottom of a baseball shoe which will effectively prevent the player slipping in the directions of the length and width of the'shoe.

To the accomplishment of'this object a feature of the present invention contemplates the provision of a cleat, adapted to be secured to the bottom of a baseball shoe, consisting of a body portion having a series of spikes arranged angularly to the median line of the shoe and a spike arranged sub-.-

stantially parallel to the said median line. This arrangement eifectively prevents the slipping of the player in the directions of the length and width of the shoe.

Referring to the drawings which show the invention in the best form at present known to the inventor, Figure 1 is a bottom plan of a m ht baseball shoe having at- Patented Au 6, 1912.

,tached thereto t e novel cleat; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan o f a cleat for a left baseball shoe; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the novel cleat on the line 3-3 Fig. 2.

Thebody portion 1' of the cleat consists of a triangular frame plate having at each corner a sharp projection. These projec! tions or spikes are shown'at 2, 3, and 5. The spike 3 is arranged, when the cleatis attached to the bottom of the shoe, so that it is at right angles to the median line-ofthe:

shoe and the spikes 2 and 5 are op osit-ely disposed at-equal acute angles to the said median line. This arrangement prevents the player slipping in the direction of the length of the s 0e. The spikes 2, 3, and 5 are in such positions that no one projection is at right angles to the width line of the shoe and consequently the player often slips in the direction of the width. of the shoe when starting 'q'uicklypto his right or left. In order to preyent-the playerslipping in the direction of the width of the shoe a fourth spike 4 is provided on. the body portion and arranged substantiallyarallel to the median line of the shoe or at right'angles to the width line of the shoe. This width line is in the line of pressure when the player quickly starts toward his right or left.

illustrates the arrangement of the cleat application to a left shoe. I The body portion 6 is provided with spikes 7, 8, 9 and 10 which are arranged tov prevent the slip ping of the player inthe directions of the shoe, and a spike adapted to be arranged substantially parallel to the median line of the shoe toprevent. the wearer slipping in the direction of the width of the shoe, substantially as described;

2. A baseball shoe cleat consisting of a triangular frame-plate having a rectangular spike at each corner of the frame, the forward spike adapted to be arranged at right angles to the median line of the shoe rections of the length and Width of the shoe, with the other two1 spikesloppostely ddissubstantially as described.

msed at acute an" es to tie sai me ian i line, and a fourth spike adapted to be ar- PHOMAS M(OARTHY' a ranged substantially parallel to the said Witnesses:

median line5 said spikes acting to elfectively LESLIE W. GRAVES, prevent the slipping of the wearer in the di- 0. W. MCDERMOTT. 

